New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Providence of God, The

• Is His care over His works Ps. 145:9
• Is exercised in
  • Preserving His creatures Neh. 9:6; Ps. 36:6; Mt. 10:29
  • Providing for His creatures Ps. 104:27, 28, 136:25, 147:9; Mt. 6:26
  • The special preservation of saints Ps. 37:28, 91:11; Mt. 10:30
  • Prospering saints Gen. 24:48, 56
  • Protecting saints Ps. 91:4, 140:7
  • Delivering saints Ps. 91:3; Isa. 31:5
  • Leading saints Dt. 8:2, 15; Isa. 63:12
  • Bringing His words to pass Num. 26:65; Josh. 21:45; Lk. 21:32, 33
  • Ordering the ways of men Pr. 16:9, 19:21, 20:24
  • Ordaining the conditions and circumstances of men 1 Sam. 2:7, 8; Ps. 75:6, 7
  • Determining the period of human life Ps. 31:15, 39:5; Acts 17:26
  • Defeating wicked designs Ex. 15:9-19; 2 Sam. 17:14, 15; Ps. 33:10
  • Overruling wicked designs for good Gen. 45:5-7, 50:20; Phil. 1:12
  • Preserving the course of nature Gen. 8:22; Job 26:10; Ps. 104:5-9
  • Directing all events Josh. 7:14; 1 Sam. 6:7-10, 12; Pr. 16:33; Isa. 44:7; Acts 1:26
  • Ruling the elements Job 37:9-13; Isa. 50:2; Jn. 1:4, 15; Nah. 1:4
  • Ordering the minutest matters Mt. 10:29, 30; Lk. 21:18
• Is righteous Ps. 145:17; Dan. 4:37
• Is ever watchful Ps. 121:4; Isa. 27:3
• Is all pervading Ps. 139:1-5
• Sometimes dark and mysterious Ps. 36:6, 73:16, 77:19; Rom. 11:33
• All things are ordered by
  • For His glory Isa. 63:14
  • For good to saints Rom. 8:28
• The wicked made to promote the designs Isa. 10:5-12; Acts 3:17, 18
• To be acknowledged
  • In prosperity Dt. 8:18; 1 Chr. 29:12
  • In adversity Job 1:21; Ps. 119:15
  • In public calamities Amos 3:6
  • In our daily support Gen. 48:15
  • In all things Pr. 3:6
• Cannot be defeated 1 Ki. 22:30, 34; Pr. 21:30
• Man's efforts are vain without Ps. 127:1, 2; Pr. 21:31
• Saints should
  • Trust in Mt. 6:33, 34, 10:9, 29-31
  • Have full confidence in Ps. 16:8, 139:10
  • Commit their works to Pr. 16:3
  • Encourage themselves 1 Sam. 30:6
  • Pray in dependence upon Acts 12:5
  • Pray to be guided by Gen. 24:12-14, 28:20, 21; Acts 1:24
• Result of depending upon Lk. 22:35
• Connected with the use of means 1 Ki. 21:19, 22:37, 38; Mic. 5:2; Lk. 2:1-4; Acts 27:22, 31, 32
• Danger of denying Isa. 10:13-17; Ezek. 28:2-10; Dan. 4:29-31; Hos. 2:8, 9